 Andrew
J. Thomas and his wife, Sarah, arrived in Texas from Tennessee in 1834,
settling 35 miles east of what would become Kentuckytown. They
settled in the east central part of Fannin County where they lived
through 1836. Near their place was a large grove of trees
swarming with honeybees. The Thomases and their neighbors began
to refer to the grove as the "honey grove." The name stuck and when a post office was estalished in the late 1840s, the place was officially named "Honey Grove."
In the spring of 1836 the Thomases old Tennessee friend, Davy Crockett, stopped for an overnight visit on his way to San Antonio to join Col. William B. Travis in the defense of the Alamo. Mr. Thomas and Mr. Crockett did some "gun swapping". Mr. Thomas' descendants still have in their possession the rifle Thomas received from Davy Crocket. It has been loaned for display in the Alamo museum. However, Mr. Thomas used that very rifle in the defense against marauding Indians. In 1837 Andrew and Sarah Thomas obtained a patent from the Republic of Texas to the one-square mile section of land which became known as the Andrew J. Thomas survey. Here they constructed their log home and spent the remainder of the lives two miles southeast of the site that became Kentucky Town. 1839 Indian trouble Kentuckytown History Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |